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York scored a soggy 11-9 win against Somerset to snap a two-game losing skid.

By BRIAN SHEA For the Daily Record/Sunday News

Updated:
05/07/2013 11:59:23 PM EDT

York, PA -

The rain drops fell intermittently, but the hits and runs poured down Tuesday night at Sovereign Bank Stadium as the York Revolution snapped a brief two-game losing streak with a soggy 11-9 win against the Somerset Patriots.

The Revs put together a station-to-station offense, collecting 15 singles among their 18 hits. Designated hitter Wilson Batista collected four hits and four RBIs while Andres Perez had three hits and knocked in a pair of runs. Four other York players had two hits on the night.

"It was one of those kind of games," Revolution manager Mark Mason said. The game started a little more than 15 minutes late and had a 42-minute delay because of the weather. "The guys battled. It was rough. It was nasty and muddy."

The big inning came when the Revolution batted around in the sixth to take the lead for good. Four singles combined with a walk, error, wild pitch and sacrifice fly to plate four runs for a 10-9 lead.

Jason Repko, Andres Perez and Brian Burgamy led off with consecutive base hits to load the bases. Andy Marte knocked home the inning's first run with a fly ball to center. That chased reliever Derell McCall and brought Brandon Braboy to the mound for Somerset.

A groundout advanced the runners to second and third, but Braboy uncorked a wild pitch to bring Perez home, cutting Somerset's lead to 9-8. The trouble just mounted from there for the Patriot relief pitcher. Jeff Fiorentino walked, Wilson Batista singled home Burmay to tie the score and an error by Patriot second baseman Jonny Tucker brought home Fiorentino with the eventual winning run.

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Batista played a key role in the eighth when York added the final cushion. He smacked a two-out double and scored on Salvador Paniagua's single.

While the Revolution went one base at a time, Somerset used the long ball for much of its offense. Mike Wilson hit two home runs and Jake Fox hit one. Each tagged Revolution starter Chris Cody, the first of four York pitchers on the night.

"Chris was up a little bit in the zone," Mason said. "I think Fox did a really good job. And Mike Wilson's a really good player. It's early. You're going to have some starters who struggle once in a while. I don't worry about that much."

Julio DePaul got the win with two innings of scoreless relief. Stephen Penney collected his second save of the season.

The win did come with a price as York outfielder Tyler Graham suffered a groin injury running the bases in the fourth inning and had to leave the game. With Johan Limonta signed by the San Diego Padres earlier in the day and Eric Patterson recovering from an injury, Mason had to juggle his lineup to fill the outfield gap.

The skipper hopes he can summon reinforcements over the next few days and said he might have to activate coach Enohel Polanco as cover because of the roster situation.

"The only bench guy I have now is a backup catcher," he said. "I would rather use (Polanco) somewhere than run a pitcher out there. I wouldn't mind a rainout to be honest with you because we have some guys that need a day off."